FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
t Bail
Ifanraal
MfMlMMIMI
CIRCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DART
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 5::
PRESIDEN
I Will
8E GRANTED All
POWER HE Mil
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1917
To Teach the Virtues TUfl llim IP A 110
by Series of Stories' I HU HIOIbHIld
T T" T s T- mm mm. . - . t a nn . -.
- , v STANDS lTVK OKHTB
ZIMMERMAN SAYS
Armed Neutrality Bill After
Patriotic Speeches Passed
by House
GERMAN PLOTS BREAK
DOWN ALL OPPOSITION
Lansing's Statement Govern
ment Had Convincing
- Evidence Ends It
ll.'i.'Mv. truthfulness, cleanliness. !
obedience, respect, courtesy, patriotism,!
Kin cln ess. industry aud ouurtunlitv are
he 10 cardinal virtues that 1.000 school
j-hers in the state of Oregon feel arc j
Q ist important, according to an oY '
f. " ..'nvass of the schools by (State:
Sup o Jent of Instruction Churchill,!
h" i 0 which hve just been com
pleted. And an. 4fcV.sc virtues patience,
long honored of the greatest, is
not listed. In it , patience has ceased
to be a virtue in these fast days
The order of preference of the virtues
are given according to the number of
voles they received from the teaca
ers. "In order that these virtues might
be taught in a maimer that will appeal
to the child an outline is being pre
pared, classified so that it will give
each grade in the public schools a list
of stories which will illustrate the
vnlue of each of these virtues," says a
statement issued from the superintend
ent 's office.
"These stories will be used ns sup
plementary rending lessons. They will
be chosen from the best writers and
with n course of reading arranged in
this way there would be a direct pur
pose in the year's work.
LOSE THEIR LIVES
III NIGHT ATTACK
GERMANY CAN NO
Chang
e
WARFAR
Germans in America
J 'Coin For Mexican Troubles
E
?"pplied RECOGNIZING OF
CARRANZA BROKE
Washington, March B. The senate
will vote late today on President Wil-i
sun 'n request for pow er and approval I
to use guns and gunners and " other
instrumentalities" to protect American'
inetc.haiit ships and American lives to
handle the international situation.
My h vole that presaged speedy pass
age of the authority-granting resolution,
thw senate today decided to begin con
sideration oi it about 4 o'clock, as soon)
as the halt billion dollar navy bill is1
Out of the way.
There will be some debate anywhere j
from I to li or H hours but the resolu
tion, .which the president approves, is
fully expected to be put through.
The house resolution, passed lust
night, but which eliminated the phrase
''other instrumentalities, " will, in all
likelihood, be .shelved and the senate
resolution seat back as a substitute.
The house finally is expected to put
it through, leaving it up to the presi
dent to make it a law by signing it.
To Arm Ships at Once.
Immediately the president signs the
he is expected to issue an executivi
I
British Barge Calgorn Castle Sincere Offer of Peace Was
Sunk by Torpedo Without
Warning
By Robert J. Bender
(United I'ress staff correspondent)
Washington, Mar. -. Millions of
! dollars have been sent lo the Carran.s
I government of Mexico recently by Ger
mans in ine ( nitcd Sali's it
Met Only With Jeers
by Allies
that he did not need or care tor the
support of the United States.
Officials here intimate stronulv the
U .... A - . L - . . . . " " ...
. ;i.-nu or mai i. aim American republic
j is probably otherwise cared for.
Kvidcnce of Teutonic nrorKtiranrla
work in other I .11 t i n met ., ..un
learned on high government authority 1 11.1, 8 ng ,ar,,futf investi-
In this connection some concern is
lelt here over restlessness that has
TRITONIAN ALSO SENT ! GERMANY THUS FORCED
DOWN, NO AID OFFERED TO USE HER BEST WEAPON
The Only American On Latter Peace With America Desired
Was Saved-One Boat But We Cannot Disarm
Still Missing to Retain It
Washington, March 2. An official : Berlin, via XavvilU- wireless March 2
dispatch tending to confirm that two j Of ficial text ' of Foreign Secretary
Americans. were lost in the torpedoing J Zimmerman remarks before the releh
of the British barge Calgorn Castle. 'stag Wednesday concerning Germany's
Buenos Aires for Ojueenstown, reached i negotiations with America and Den
the state department today. mark wan issued kv tlio l .
today. .Some of these millions were in
the form of "personal gifts" to Mex-
i,., I lii,. . .:n:. a . .
v.-.m, iiiiiiiimik well III tile nil r- i .1-1- . -
serves r sjar Vali ! KI?
.... .... uum an Oe-, ,., ,c aldns eoiiiniitten till r.l, n..
( 1 1 t h rm n ounuinfc lwi m...... i, .. . . . 1 "
..th, ,, I-. , r on ol, h inntv
UP GERMAN PLOTS
tails
loaning parties and Carranza met with
the approval of Washington.
This was one of the countless devel
opments which began coining to light
today following discovery by President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing of n
carefully planned plot t0 unite Mexico
unit Japan with the i nuieria 1 ( ici-mmi i ...
government in a war on the United I X
States.
j una ticiiuiici eMUlillsiiCd lOltaV'j,
iilio. .,11 ... i i
-. " ii)mviiib ii.' 'leiiuait consuls
lin the United States were sent to Von
IVrnstorff at the same time as the
I Zimmerman letter.
session after
during
March 4.
the extra
day. The statement follows:
Hand to Hand Fighting
Feature of Contest On
Western Front
jing of business and desired further dis I Z
j mantling of German ships in American ! T
i harbors in event of a bread in relnl ions. ! T
TheV covered also the limtler ,,1 ln.il1
WHAT THE DAY SHOWS
Is
by
the
consuls with
consuls left
bill,
order which will place guns on merciiant
ships Hying the American Hug.
Ainied with guns of .'1 to C inch eali
Inc. depending upon the size of the
ships, furnished the government ami
munition and manned by naval or ex
naval gunners, these ships will be sent
out under the American flag and n hos
tile attack upon them will be consid
ered by the United States government
as an act of war and dealt with accord
ingly. What furl In r steps will be taken have
not been divulged by the administra
tion. The most pressing need, it is felt,
is to show Germany that she cannot
drive American commerce from the seas
by submarine blockade
It was stated authoritatively today
thai the navy department has guns st
the Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston and
Norfolk navy yards, with stores of am
munition, ready to be utilized at once
fur arming American ships. It is plan
ned first o aim four ships of the Ant
eriean line, since President Franklin
Berlin, Sayville wireless, Mar. 8
Hand to hand fighting featured a
Gorman repulse of British attacks on
t rem hes east and southeast of Souchez
today's official statement asserted.
Between Ypres and Arras, the war
office said several reconnoiii ring ad
vances of the enemy were without re
sult. In the hand to hand fighting around
Souchez, twenty prisoners and one ma
chine gun were taken.
"In the sector," the statement con
tinue. 1, 'there were repeated clashes
in the forefield of onr positions. There
and during the cleaning of Kuglisli
positions near Sailly 30 prisoners and
three machine guns were brought in"
"On the western front, west aud
south of Iligii and between Miadziol
Another message told of the unwarn-!
:eu torpedoing ot the Donaldson liner " Indeed there have been negotiations
j Trationian, Halifax for Liverpool, in a between us and Denmark," he said
j night attack but reported the one Amer- "They were known prematurely bv the
j ican aboard was saved. leak in the Danish press. About the
1 he first message from Frost said: j exact contents, I cannot communnu.e
"British bark Oulgoro Castle, Queens-j anything at all, but I can sav that the
! town from BuCROf Aires, with maize, at- agreement if it is carried out at all
tacked by submarine 4:30 p. in., Feb-: according to the unanimous opinion of
iiuaii si, i nines west soutnwes 01 a 1 denai tments cnnnoim.,1 mu.i,. . v
Bull Rock. Finn- American T ,i... t.i-,.. .'0;.i :... ......' I ', I show
i t, , i miii ! ...im-i ci uui economic ana
mg believed lost, Willium Jackson, 10 ' military interests. There is no fear
Beech street, New York, aged 19; David j therefore, necessarily, that these agree-
naiKcr. negro, preen county, lrgima, j meats may make a hole
aged about 30 years. Americans saved, I zone against Kngland.
ricnrv Mflnrri hmvav icaiis i.. n. i r.. fi c..:- .
' ' i i 1 mil I ,m
proper time.
It is known, however, that evidence
tlir ! . 1. 1. i i , .
The second himimMIIu in ,r.i , . I Y1 esia.uisneo uerman propaganda had
. 0 ... H. ......... Hwv .i,,.-s ui uir en ms i eoerai eo i leen found 11 the MivnlnimnS lu.ii, ;,,
inanner inn- he Tr r.o. inn ...... otto..k...i I .n....;i ...i t c, ..... . " '" ,np nioiutions 110II1 in
strttctioni to be left
special agents when
this eountrv.
The scope of the orders to the con
suls is understood lo be broad and in
many respects start i no. All an fn
it is officially dfldnrnd ih.il
while at pence with this government,
Germany was constantly plottins hos-
I f 11a ,.tu In n,l..lu c e ......7... .
our barred 1 the i'i,,i uio.....
'. . The United I'ress Is icnilv n maha
Ull 1 Ill-O 1 1,11 1 OllS
Government learns millions
have been "loaned" to Carran
za by German sources in this
country.
Government working on Cub
an and Costa Jtican unglcs to
German plot.
Congress expected to act
quickly on armed neutrality
measures.
Secretary Lansing in reply
to senate request and on Wil
Bon's orders sent senate state
ment that Zimmerman's Mexican-Japanese
plot letter was
authentic.
House passed armed neutral
ity bill with only Kl oppos
ing. Congress plans lo substitute
stronger senate measures for it.
I resident ready to sign it as
Their Plan Was To Depose
President and Put Pro
German In His Place
GERMAN ARMY OFFICERS
SERVING WITH MURGUIA
General Cabrera and Other
Leaders Caused Attacks
On Americans
El Paso, Texas, March 2. United
j Mates government agents are directing
; their attention toward German activ
ity in the Tampico oil district in Mex
ico where the oil supply for the Bri
tish navy is obtained It is feared the
Germans will attempt to influence the
Mexicans to cut off this supply. The
recent uprising of Felix Diaz' followers
in the Tampico district and in the states
of Nuevo Leon and Tamanlpias is at
tributed to German influence.
At least 10 German army officers are
in the service of General Francisco
ouiguia, arratizo conimauder of (he
disclosures
and the Nnreoz Lakes ami Shtshai a ; dense darkness.
and the upper Sereth there was a teni
porary increase in fighting activity
Hniiv Ri,.l,o..lu AO ll :.. ... . Lai.L ... . T f. "r." OW
j ...... .i, ... . nrci, j n mi n Here nun rne i niierj Mates tn
Boston. Both white. All Americans underlying facts were these:
nuie seamen." "On Fehrnarv s wo r.iiv.i i..
t I In ll... . ... 1...H.
a teleuram from the Swinu min. 1 1 ..i... t...
hv n .nlimnrin.. wnw.l. 1 ..I-..-ui" . . . , V UI..I null ..OSta UlCa
w , .. ........ i ... , , . ,, . , mi mil 111, el I nl 1 I H U I II 111 Wnil 'itll.v lh. ....ml
in relations represented our interests.
The telegram was as follows:
" 'In America a demrt exists to avoid
war- If tile German D-fr.-ertimnnf n-mit
milium naming p. in., oo miles now incline to negotiate with the 1'nit
west of Dingle, February 26. ed States about the blockade, then the
"Two men missing from crew of 1)0. 1 Swiss minister would be gladly willing
Sole American, John Murphy, fourth , to take further care of this affair.'
engineer, saved. Att speakers yesterday declared that
"Weather heavy, westeiiv swell, the break i no off nt ralatinn. u;m, h...
saw, said:
"A Donaldson freight liner Tritoniou,
2,846 tons, Halifax to Liverpool, with
general enrgo and horses, torpedoed
act promptly in arming Ameri
can vessels.
Filibuster apparently vanish
ed, senate proceeds with naval
appropriation bill.
Government learns Amhnssad
or Bernstorff gave instructions
to German consuls in United
States at time of Zimmerman
letter, covering dismantling of
German Interned vessels and
other business.
,1,, mm minion ouiomod hy United fwues
i 80vrnmont agents here. One of ta
,1, officers is quartermaster general at
the statement said.
.1 State, was regrettable. No doubt i
soon as it passes and then to j 'livi!,in!' of Iho north, according to in
Within the last few weeks I'resident
Gonzales of Costa Hica has conferred
with Secretary Lansing and President
Wilson regarding the situation in hisj
country, now ruled by a de facto hand I -Jt
itn uonzaies temporarily in exile.
Shortly after Gonzales' meeting with
officials here, it was pointed out die
state department announced the defac-
to government of Costa Rica would not ; son will sign (he District, of Columbia i Germans arc said to remain in CMhiin
be recognized bv the United States. I nrohihitinn bill it u-nu Urni in,i.v i hun and the onlv mining m.1 o.,!:..
DISTRICT TO BE DRY
Washington, Mur
.. , . .
r ....... .a uiuer i arrnnza divisions,
jmnny Germans are in Mexican service,
among them the chief of staff to Gov
jjernor General Gavira of the state of
j, Durnngo.
Government advices are that, anti-
American uprisings In Chihuahua, Tor
euu uuu imrango 'during the period
the American exuedition vabm in i
were caused bv Gi'rnmn let in..,...,. i..
jTorreon a colony of 4(1 German, are
j charged with responsibility for the riot.
waicu resultert in destruction of Iho
2-rPresidcnt Wil-! Al ii n" consulate last summer. Nixty
'
(Continued on page lix.)
e
FOUR ARE RELEASED
New
.if fou
held on
Hi
Turks Are Routed
London. Mar. 2. The Turkish re
treat from Kut-El-Amnra has become a
great rout, according to official dis
patches from the Mesopotamia!! front
today.
rursuit is being continued by the
victorious Biitii'h forces out of Kut.
The statement said the Turks in great
confusion, had passed through Azizi
yah on Tuesday and that since Feb
ruary -'-', 4,:i00' Turks has been taken
prisoners by the British.
"Since February 2'i we have captur
ed 28 guns. 19 trench mortars, 11 ma
chine guns, three Turkish ships, two I
tugs, ten barges, thirty pontoons, in ad-
dition to the recupture- of our gunboat
ll iretly, the stntenient said.
I .:: I, ....I:-, I.. I . II .1 11... I.. U ...111 1. . I ,. . . . . nl .! t " .. . "
no light showinif. Master saw tornedo it would he still '-ShJ.TZ2L u ... ..TLn, 1,1 " ' KnwKt '"lu"r . ' " rB " " nor!.n"
nnna1itnU ktr .fbl . .1 1 1 li i i T . "S',L"'y l vuoiu nua bhuvuhcvu noniM lomorrow or rjunaay.
I ........... . ..,M,
how .
I
I here would be war with the fnii,.,!
f?ui p auanuoneil JU nninites. but States. Between both imiinMu tl,,
3d not sink. Boats srood by until ad- exists the old fi iendlv relnfinns Thnr,
miridty patrol arrived 5 a. in., towed her jig no political antagonism between
(Continued on page two.)
(Continued on nage six.)
QUESTION OF TRAINING RECRUITS
ENGAGES ARMY MEN'S ATTENTION
Newspaper Comment Upon
Alleged German Plot Expose
i'k, March 2. Release
Americans heretofore
e Varrewdale, was au-
nouneed officially from Berlin
in the following wireless dis-
patch today:
Berlin, via Sayville wireless,
Fob. 28. Two American sur-
veona, John Divis and Dr. Henry
Snyder and two American veter-
inarians, Evans Orville McKim
and Zabriske from the
Varroi.dale today passed
throng ! Berlin en route for Den-
mark.
)c
Sank a Submarine
I New Orleans, La., Mar. 2. Officers
j of the steamship Knight Companion,
(Continued 0" page two.)
ABE MARTIN
Staats Zeituns
Condemns Germany
Chicago, March 2. The alleged Zini- j
merman note, attempting to involve!
Jnpnn ami Mexico in a plot against the I
; United Slates, is frowned upon by tr.e
i Illinois Staatz Zeitung, in an editorial!
printed today. Doubt, however, is ex-i
j pressed as to the authenticity of thej
i documents attributed to Foreign Min-1
inter Zimmerman. This newspaper un-
equivocally condemns " entangling al-'
lianees" between the United States and
jany foreign nation and therefore con
demns every proposal of an entangling,
alliance between Mexico and any for
eign nation, the editorial says:
I "Germany is fighting for her na-1
tional existence but that
I will not be sufficient to persuade Am-1
;erieans that Germany is justified in!
: proposing an alliance with Mexico to
; the injury of the United States.
lit wohM be regrettable that Germany
: should at any time propose an 'of
fensive alliance' to Mexico and that the
fact that the German people' are hun
gry will not be considered a good
enough excuse for overlooking the af
front to the United Stjltea enntn in,.,l in
I the alleged Zimmerman note to Mex
ico."
TV feller that used t' turn up his
nose at boiled beet au ' cabbage 'cause
he cuuld get it at home has entirely
di vippeared. Th ' high price o' leather
only seems t' stimulate th' dootleeeer.
HAS A COLD
, :.;
Jt JHhH States
Col. CABELL ( moan lcd.)3mf
vjEn CnAMuLKLAtN -
New York, March 2. New York ev
ening newspapers commented as follows
today on the revelation of German in-
j trigues i n Mexico :
Sun: "To a German anything that
suits the German purposes is feasible
lit' not easy, excusable if not virtuous.
If the United States had to be 'strafed'
as the slang of the war hnth it, why
should not Mexico be the filing In-
irigue. ive seriously noulit whether Alex
ui.iiig i iioinii iea o.y a tierinan com
pany at Mapimi, Durango. .
i Two German doctors are said to be
with Villa near Farral, attending his
wounds and directing his nperntions.
Mexican Officers In It.
New York, Mareh 2. Luis Cabrera,
minister of finance in General Carran
za 's government: General (II,.,.,..,,,
j Carrauza's Btiniater of war: the late
jVietoriano Huerta, former dictator of
events the congress hesitates about giv- j Mexico, and others were named today
lng the president the authority he asks. I h.v various stories of German intrigue
If there are too iniiiiv such delnvs the I ' eoiiuection with n nlot to foment re-
resnlt will be disastrous."
Indianapolis News: "We hope that
the pacifists will now realize that the
time has at lust come ior action and
that they will abandon their foolish ef
anti-American outbreaks
volts and
Mexico.
The New York police anil agents of
the United States department of jus
tice are said to have word of German
I torts, which, if they should succeed, j Operations as long ago as last. June,
would make this nation a vassal of Gcr I wl" 11 investigations of wire tapping in
, ninny and put the stamp of approval osiNew York by the police department
the Berlin conspiracy." "''' said In hnve stopped efforts tn run
Chicago Journal: "The kaiser's plot down the conspiracy.
lo embroil the United States with Japan PfoMeA) officials are said to have ob
and Mexico surprises no one who knows tained information through listening to
i 1 bo history of the kaiser's fnmilv. tolophon conversations, of meatinvs bir
By for mil fraud, bv arm
1 land intrigue, with treachery that a Mo
I hawk would reprobate and courage thai
la Sparten would admire, the Hohen-
ico has become or ever could allow her
self to become u catspaw of Germany to
the extent indicated in Zimmerman's
note to Von Bel iistnrf f. Even less proti
able is the plan assigned lo Japan in
I tne nuge dream
World: "They (congress) are 'iroar
ine un- hi iiiioti as in mill i ii'.'it a n l i .
RTS, canal. To , ore an extra session I ,.,, k-, .J "r'n: ,l ' .
r- : , -'" " v oi all mankind. T
repubMcnn ntajority in the house, seems: linvvvh,(, n" th
0 certain republican congressmen much fnmilv uf ',,,
; more important than prompt defense of ! ciown' ' '
ubuuuu riguis. a lining up uitn tne ,. .,
pneifists looks like good politics, whv l "i'Ugo Daily News: Herr Zimuier-1
nni? if HiJm ;u th.. i.,.. tt.i : I man is drummine no tinned enemies of.
tative government in the greatest de ; "n,,1" w'"'rever he thinks they may
Imocracy of the world can do when it I "'' ouml- The ipiestions which
comes to meeting foreign insult and a(r. Americans must face is a question of
grcssion, then reprosentntive c, govern-1 nat"Bl safety. The pacifist congress
incut, as this country knows it. is a1 .... s trying to stop an avalanche I
, which nns nlretnly fallen, it is fooling
with a loaded .gun under the silly pre-
tense that the gun is not loaded- The I
American nation must meet the situa-j
lion with a firm alliance with the na-1
tions which are resisting: in arms the'
The territory of the
to bo divided according to
! peril."
I Kansas City Star: "At last the nn
j tion has no excuse for failing to under
stand the gravity of the International
j crisis. This is no time to falter. It is
no time for party differences. It is no
j time for divided counsels of any sort,
i The one thing to do is to put every
" possible weapon in the president 's
United ' hands. Ho carries the flog."
m. i.ouis mar: "mere should he no
surprise at tne revelation ot tierman
; same great mtjaaei
The Minneapolis Journal: "The!
i levelation will sweep away the last rem-!?
1 1 nant of reluctance in congress. It waslT
necessary to shake the sincere pacifists'!'
out Of their drv dream inln n rli . '
population into as mnnv districts " ' Jt-f i . - . l .-. Iflin r,f .hoi I. ...ii.. t :!
- - , ., , ...... i . lui.n, in, nil., j . ...... . . . . .. ,
tiler., lire reiri men f u nt nuii.lq I t'. . t , rf J... n.A t f...... , , 1... flfld t,, Cimfronl ..
bubi i vm in ' tuiai luiuiu ui -' ... , v. o, . , . , , u , . j i , , , I lie - ..... . ,. . . . ...
and field artillerv exdn-iv.. nf n,n, ! entente alliance. All that is in strict paciiists with indubitable evidence. The
serving abroad. I "i;or? with Ku.roPn liplon.acy. Huch
D . efforts are going on all the time on
becond. hach regular leiriment of hoth sides. Ah tn .Tnr.nn yn,.i, nn net
conspirators.
The story of German intrigue ns told
hero involved the deposition of :.r
runza and the substitution of Goneral
Obregon, Cabrera, or seme other Mexi
can who had a following. The tecMr
nition cf the Carranza government, it
is sr.id by the United States, Bloppc4
the plans. Propagandists also arc said
e can be no peace j to have been responsible lor stories that
planet, until HJGeneral Carranza had forced American
panthers is put troops tn evacuate Vera Cms,
STOLE HER FINGER
i
5
I.os Angeles, Cat-, March 2.
The police are today making an
unusually thorough senrch 'for a
daring thief, who, after seeing
Mrs. I'hilip Labor, wife of a
Spok&ne capitalist, had her
finger ground off in a collision
between a street car nn automo
bile last night, hurriedly pieked
up the dismembered digit and
left. The fiuger was found a
block away, minus the $500 ring
on it when it was severed.
Mis. ! :ib.-r was in the nutomo
bilo which crashed into the side
of a street car.
Amsterdam, March 2. Kaiser
William is confined to his room
with a severe chill, Berlin dis
patches reported today. His
physicians are not apprehensive
over his condition but are insist
ing on all precautions.
The kaiser is receiving minis
ters in his apartments and com
municating dairy with headquar
ters despite his illness.
two army men who are concerned : ;f..... ....i. j ;.u . ,nmti t...h. ..jj
, , i (,, .tint iit-iu ariinery 10 c ............. un suuurn
and interested in the question of train- be transported to a selected training es in the very midst of
the ,:nited HtaU' my center in a district and there, under
need for war purposes are seen in the i A. t. ... , . '
pictures. They are Colonel De Koseyj tlon of lU c0,onel. tr'" fouf other
C Cabell, commander of the Tenth ' rcKimentH nt 'tB arm. at the same time
cavalry (shown mounted;, and John : being itself filled to war strength.
;L. Chamberlain, chosen ns inspector: Third. for this training the colonel
general of the United States army in , would um- all of his trained officers,
succession to Brigadier General E. A. I non-commissioned officers and other
Garlington, retired a few days ago. In enlisted men to the best advantage,
a letter to a New York paper Colonel' Fourth. At each training place
Cabell suggested the following plan for j would be gathered the recruits from
quickly tra ning a mobile army in an. the district, and wooden cantonments
emergency: (would be erected for their shelter.
wonder is that the president has been
ablo to act with such deliberate pa
tience. The country i in no mood to
tolerate any more I.aFolletting. The
president must be fully armed without
further ado. "
Minneapolis Daily News: " President
Wilson could easily have used the German-Mexican
note to inflame the people
to war pitch. Instead, he has deprived
Carranza of anv plausible pretext, for
lays giving ine president full power to war. I he president has again demon
enforce his pledge to the limit, even to'strated that if war comes it will be un
the limit of a war with Germany, is anjder conditions to which the most pro
evidence off national weakness." found pacifists could not object. The
Cleveland Tress: "Four separate and J only way for congress to provo that it isi
distinct times within a few weeks Oer-1 not composed of piffling, patriotism,
many has declared war on the United j politician is to grant the president the
States. Confronted with this series of power ho e::U: nd f'.en go tone."
war would seem to be impossible."
Cincinnati Tost: "The German-Mexican
plot is another justification of
prompt action against Germany. Con
gress should expedite the president 's
program, r.very nour that congress de
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west portion;
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